It happens…it could be because we are tired of hearing their constant whining for a phone, or because we want to upgrade ours to the latest model, or because we think that all their friends have one…we succumb to the pressure. We act carelessly. Our brain seems to regress like theirs, and we give them […]

Unless you’re living under a rock, you’ve at least heard about NBC’s latest attempt to pull heartstrings and draw you in each week with a TV show called This Is Us. It’s basically an hour-long cryfest every Tuesday night…and I mean that in the best way. Honestly, after a recent episode, which largely focused on […]

Sue Heck’s mom has got it going on. So does Barry Goldberg’s mom. If ever there were two TV moms whom I cannot only identify with, but who also make me belly laugh, it’s got to be Frankie Heck and Beverly Goldberg. If you haven’t watched the sitcoms The Middle or The Goldbergs, both on ABC, then […]

Since it is Wednesday, I thought a #WCW (Woman Crush Wednesday) post would be fitting. My #WCW is Ree Drummond, also known as the Pioneer Woman. Because of this woman, I have fallen in love with shabby chic kitchen decor, flowy tops, and heavy whipping cream. Dear Ree (can I call you Ree? I feel […]

This world says a lot of things about how we women don’t need men. How we are better off without them. How we can take care of ourselves and we are just as good, if not better. We raise our girls to be strong, independent, self-sufficient women who don’t need men to add anything to […]

Elsa has caught my son’s eye. In fact so has Anna, Ariel, and Belle for that matter. Not long ago we reveled in the excitement of introducing our little family to a day at Disney World for the first time, and joyful as it was, we were surprised at which characters our oldest son was […]

My husband and I became man and wife back in the dark ages of 2004, before smart phones, YouTube and Pinterest. We posted pictures of our nuptials on our MySpace page, and our wedding was recorded on both a VHS and DVD. I always felt sneaky knowing that my Blockbuster card was in my maiden […]

I am a person who gets way too attached to things that aren’t actually real. When I was young, I felt like my stuffed animals came alive any time I wasn’t around them, and bemoaned my leaving or my newest toy acquisition. (Toy Story and The Velveteen Rabbit really didn’t help this issue.) Now that […]

via Google images Unless you’ve been hiding under a rock, from your newsfeed, radio, TV, friends, colleagues, people at the doctor’s office, random people you walk past — they’re all talking about it. It’s everywhere. Making a Murderer. Have you watched it? I have and as I’m a huge fan of binge watching series, I […]